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584 | Patent it YOURSELF
instant, by Express Mail, 282
on Office Action, 351
patent search by, 162
presumption of similar inventions
and, 402
prior art and, 103, 104, 105, 349, 358
Provisional Patent Application and,
57, 58, 59, 61, 75, 76, 104, 181, 276
request for continuing examination
and, 404
on return postcard, 281, 284
secrecy regarding, 284, 338
of substitute application, 409
v. date of invention, 102–103
Filing deadlines. See Deadlines
Filing fee, 473
for divisional application, 184
with EFS-Web system, 284, 286
for utility patent, 13, 278
Filing receipt, 284, 338–339
correcting errors on, 339
for design patent application, 300
with electronic filing, 74, 75, 286
permission for foreign filing on,
325, 339
for Provisional Patent Application,
74, 75
Film. See Mylar film
Finaling of patent application
for EFS-Web filing, 284–287
Inventor’s Commandments about,
256
inventors named in, 270, 273, 274
last-minute changes in, 270, 276
page layout in, 269, 270
for paper filing, 269–284
parts of, 274. See also specific parts
summary, 300–301
Final Office Action, 341, 351, 390, 391,
394
continuation application and, 400,
402
request for continuing examination
and, 404
Financing
advantage of multiple patents for,
39
for manufacture of invention,
314–315
patent ownership and, 436, 437
Firmware, in patent application, 187
First Action Interview Pilot Program,
286, 341
“First to file” system, 106, 326
“First to invent” system, 46
Fitness machines, marketing of, 310
Flowcharts
of chemical process, 193, 260
of computer-related process, 187,
188, 189, 190, 191, 203, 260
for exploitation of inventions, 32
for handling prior-art rejections,
359, 360
of mechanical process, 193
for patentability, 114, 117–118, 137,
138
for patent application, 185, 186
PTO rules for, 261, 262
Fonts, embedded, in Electronic Filing
System, 74, 286
Food and Drug Administration (FDA),
101, 204, 415
Foreign filing, 320–333
alternative routes for, 326–332
associations of countries and, 322
claims in, 321, 322, 330
amendments to, 379
reference numerals in, 243
deadlines in, 325, 330, 398
for design patent, 321
drawings for, 329–330
European Patent Office, 320,
321–322, 324
alternative approaches with,
326–332
application format and, 270
British patent agent and, 333
member states of, 324
search capabilities of, 140, 162
expedited under Patent Prosecution
Highway, 297, 332
expedited US patent application
following, 297
failure to notify PTO about, 398
firm specializing in, 332
good reasons for, 325
Information Disclosure Statement
and, 340
international application, 320, 322,
328–329, 330
introduction to, 320–321
Inventor’s Commandment for, 320
national security and, 325
non-Convention countries, 322,
325, 328, 339
one-year rule and, 13, 94, 103, 105
page layout for, 269–270
paper size for, 257
Paris Convention, 321, 326, 327, 328
list of members, 323
PCT and, 322
PPA and, 76
patent attorneys for, 325, 332
PCT for. See PCT (Patent
Cooperation Treaty)
permission for, 325, 339
Petition to Make Special and, 293
prior art and, 321, 326
prosecution with PTO and, 345
Provisional Patent Application and,
60, 73, 75, 76
specific procedures, 322, 325, 328,
330, 331
publication and, 13, 26, 396
NPR, 183, 274, 276, 278, 320–321,
332
resources to assist in, 333
scams based on, 332
summary, 333
test marketing and, 80, 177
treaties governing, 320–322, 323–324
Foreign filing license, 325, 339
Foreign inventor, 274, 275
Provisional Patent Application of,
59
Foreign licensee, 325
Foreign manufacturers and
distributors, 310
Foreign patent agents, 328, 330, 331,
332–333
Foreign patent law, 326, 395
Foreign patents
applications for, searching of, 428
computer searches of, 124, 140, 141,
143, 162, 166
enforceable only in issuing country,
356–357
as prior art, 105, 152, 354, 356
cited in Office Action, 342, 354,
356, 361
on IDS for design patent, 300
on IDS for utility patent, 276, 287,
288, 340